Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, WA (Chelan PUD); Notice of Settlement Agreement, Soliciting Comments, and New Procedural Schedule, 16148 [E6-4593]

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• DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 61 (Thursday, March 30, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 16148]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-4593]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2145-060]


Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, WA (Chelan PUD); 
Notice of Settlement Agreement, Soliciting Comments, and New Procedural 
Schedule

March 23, 2006.
    Take notice that the following settlement agreement has been filed 
with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Final Comprehensive Settlement Agreement.
    b. Project No.: P-2145-060.
    c. Date Filed: March 20, 2006.
    d. Applicant: Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, 
Washington (Chelan PUD).
    e. Name of Project: Rocky Reach Hydroelectric Project (Project).
    f. Location: On the mid-Columbia River, near the city of Wenatchee, 
in Chelan and Douglas Counties, Washington.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Rule 602 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.602.
    h. Applicant Contact: Gregg Carrington, Director of Hydro Services, 
327 N. Wenatchee Avenue, Wenatchee, WA 98801, (509) 661-4178, 
gregg@chelanpud.org.
    i. FERC Contact: Kim A. Nguyen, (202) 502-6105, 
kim.nguyen@ferc.gov.
    j. The deadline for filing comments on the Settlement Agreement is 
20 days from the date of this notice, or April 12, 2006. The deadline 
for filing reply comments is 30 days from the date of this notice, or 
April 24, 2006.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice require all intervenors filing 
documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each 
person on the official service list for the project. Further, if an 
intervenor files comments or documents with the Commission relating to 
the merits of an issue that may affect the responsibilities of a 
particular resource agency, they must also serve a copy of the document 
on that resource agency.
    Comments may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of 
paper. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. See 18 
CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web 
site (https://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link.
    k. Chelan PUD filed the settlement agreement on behalf of 
themselves and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Washington 
Department of Ecology, the U.S. National Park Service, the U.S. Bureau 
of Land Management, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, the 
Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission, the City of Entiat, 
the Entiat Coalition, and Alcoa Power Generating, Inc. The purpose of 
the settlement agreement is to resolve among the signatories issues 
regarding the relicensing of the Rocky Reach Hydroelectric Project. The 
signatories have agreed that the settlement agreement is fair and 
reasonable and in the public interest. On behalf of the signatories, 
Chelan PUD requests that the Commission approve the settlement 
agreement and adopt it as part of a new license without material 
modification.
    l. A copy of the settlement agreement is available for review at 
the Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the 
Commission's Web site at https://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' 
link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the 
docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact 
FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll-free at 1-
866-208-3676, or for TTY (202) 502-8659. A copy is also available for 
inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above.
    You may also register online at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp to be notified via e-mail of new filings and 
issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support.
    m. We are modifying our processing schedule for the relicensing of 
the Project. The schedule given in our Notice on January 30, 2006 is 
replaced with the following schedule:
    Target Date: Issue Final Environmental Impact Statement July, 2006; 
Ready for Commission Action October, 2006.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E6-4593 Filed 3-29-06; 8:45 am]
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